Sublime

Energy is a separate matter. Your energy is one of your biggest assets and must be managed.

The Missing Link: Reflections on Philosophy and Spirit by Sydney Banks (Lone Pine Publishing, 1998) Instant Motivation: The Surprising Truth Behind What Really Drives Top Performance by Chantal Burns (Pearson, 2014) The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming Is Simpler Than You Think by Garret Kramer (Greenleaf Book Group, 2015) Stillpower: Excellen

consultant to the research firm Gallup, stated it far more concisely. “The key to human development is building who you already are,” he said. Rath is right. To better establish a true identity and strategy of our own, we must understand our past, understand the strengths that were born as a result of our past, and finally, understand how to levera

With his books Now, Discover Your Strengths and The Truth About You, Marcus Buckingham is a true-strengths zealot.

For people interested in learning more about the model, I recommend Kegan’s graduate student Jennifer Garvey Berger’s more recent and less academic book Changing on the Job.

Explosive temper

As the North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance said, “The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.”

Journalist Steven Kotler, who’s made a career out of studying exceptional people performing at their best, puts it simply: “Exercise is nonnegotiable for peak performance.”

there are various ways you can shape your closest social environment to support your projects.